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Funding, personnel shortages will force DoH to address health care law priority areas first

THE Department of Health (DoH) said the early stages of implementing the Universal Health care (UHC) Law, faces challenges because of a shortage of funding and health workers.
In a briefing on Thursday, Secretary Francisco T. Duque III said he expects implementation to be gradual.
“We will increase the supply of human resource but right now, it’s not enough. This is a work in progress. Just because the law was signed yesterday you will not see tomorrow all barangays sprouting health stations like mushrooms,” he said.
He added that the early priority is disadvantaged areas.
On Wednesday, President Rodrigo R. Duterte the UHC Law. The law calls for all Filipinos to be automatically enrolled for coverage by the Philippine Health Insurance Corp. (PhilHealth) or the National Health Insurance Program. The law will promote a shift in investment focus by the DoH in favor of primary care facilities. Meanwhile, Philhealth will be expanding its primary care benefits program.
Current PhilHealth members will still have to pay premiums every month. The law also creates a class of subsidized members.
Both the DoH and PhilHealth will be given 180 days to draft the implementing rules and regulations IRR.
“We would like to be as deliberate and certain about the IRR covering all areas, addressing gray areas. It is not correct to think the Universal Healthcare Law will just happen overnight and/or after 180 days,” said Mr. Duque.
The DoH said it needs P257 billion in order to fully implement the UHC Law but the 2019 National Budget only provided P217 Billion.
Senator Joseph Victor G. Ejercito said in the same briefing that the Senate pledged to allocate P18 billion more to the UHC’s budget during its Bicameral conference committee hearing on the General Appropriations Act (GAA) for this year.
“During the Bicam before we submitted the budget, the Senate added P18 billion to aid in the implementation of Universal Health care,” Mr. Ejercito said.
He added that the chamber also restored the budget for the health facilities enhancement program (HFEP) and the human resource for health (HRH) worth a combined P20.8 billion.
PhilHealth Acting President and CEO Roy B. Ferrer said the company expects the government to sustain its UHC program with legislators endorsing higher tobacco taxes.
“For the coming years, with additional taxes from the tobacco and alcoholic beverages, our actuarial projection is (we will sustain it)” due to the higher tobacco and alcohol tax apart from appropriations, he said.
UHC is currently funded directly from the DoH budget, PhilHealth subsidies, and PhilHealth collections. Funding will also come from the Philippine Charity Sweepstakes Office, the Philippine Amusement and Gaming Corp. (PAGCOR), and the DoH-Medical Assistance for Indigent Patients (MAIP) program which will be shared with PhilHealth.
“The UHC Act demonstrates the result of strong political will that places the welfare of our countrymen above all else,” Mr. Duque said. — Gillian M. Cortez

DTI’s latest SRP list reflects 1-5% price hikes in some commodities

THE DTI implemented SRP adjustments after thorough evaluation and consultation with the manufacturers of basic and prime goods. — BW FILE PHOTO

THE Department of Trade and Industry (DTI) released its updated suggested retail price (SRP) list of basic necessities and prime commodities (BNPCs), which reflected price increases in 23% of the items on the list.
The DTI said the higher prices were attributed to raw materials costs and a weaker peso.
Dated Feb. 13, the list posted on the agency’s website contains 242 shelf keeping units (SKUs), of which 56 were listed with higher prices compared with the last list.
“The DTI implemented SRP adjustments after thorough evaluation and consultation with the manufacturers of basic and prime goods,” DTI’s Consumer Protection Group (CPG) Undersecretary Ruth B. Castelo said in a statement Thursday, adding the increases were kept to the “absolute minimum.”
In a mobile message to reporters on Thursday, Trade Secretary Ramon M. Lopez said several of the brands which were granted SRP increases cooperated late last year with the DTI’s request not to increase prices for three months to contain inflation.
He added that those that sought an increase raised prices by between 1% and 5%.
Canned sardines of the 155-gram variety rose between P0.40 and P1.30 amid higher materials and packaging prices and fuel.
It said the price of fish rose 33% in December due to the closed fishing season which began in November and runs to February 2019.
Prices of processed meat also increased due to higher costs from meat and packaging materials, it said.
The price of evaporated and condensed milk products also rose between P0.50 and P1.10 and P0.50 to P1.20, respectively, due to significant increases in the cost of skimmed milk powder and anhydrous milk fat, and a weaker peso.
Vinegar, fish sauce and soy sauce also increased in price due to rising cost of materials like fish extract and soy bean meal and higher labor and packaging material costs. — Janina C. Lim

Senator backs removing BI authority to issue temporary work permits to foreigners

SENATOR Joel J. Villanueva said he is proposing to remove the authority of the Bureau of Immigration (BI) to issue temporary special working permits (SWPs) to foreigners.
The Senate committee on labor, employment and human resource development on Thursday resumed its inquiry into the influx of foreign workers, especially Chinese nationals.
Mr. Villanueva, who chairs the committee, said the task of issuing work permits should be delegated to the Department of Labor and Employment, which issues long-term Alien Employment Permits (AEP).
The BI issues the SWPs, which are only valid for three months and can be extended for another three months.
The senator said the DoLE is the appropriate agency to check whether Filipino applicants are unavailable for jobs being given to foreigners.
“The DoLE really has the power and the capacity to vet these job opportunities,” he told reporters after the hearing.
“We are not undermining the authority of the Bureau of Immigration to issue visas, but work permits, as the name suggests, and alien employment permits (are) really the job of the Department of Labor and Employment,” he added.
During the hearing, Mr. Villanueva also noted that the 2019 national budget, which has yet to be signed by the President, has a provision that requires the BI to coordinate with the DoLE on allowing the entry of foreign workers.
Labor Secretary Silvestre H. Bello III said his department needs the cooperation of the BI on the issuance of work permits to foreign workers.
“We need the help of the BI… If we remove it from the BI, there might be a vacuum… If (tourists come in), they will tell BI, ‘we are going to work,’ so the BI will give them special working permit. When the person works, we hope he gets an AEP. That is why they’re given three to six months to get an AEP,” he said.
BI Commissioner Jaime Morente said the agency has issued an order on January creating a “negative list” of jobs that automatically disqualifies applications for SWPs, pending the establishment of an interagency task force to address the influx of foreign workers in the Philippines.
Mr. Morente also said the BI increased its raids, which led to the arrest of several illegal foreign workers.
Mr. Bello said the proposed interagency task force gained ground after a high-level meeting was conducted to discuss the matter last Wednesday.
He said the meeting was attended Finance Secretary Carlos G. Dominguez III, the Philippine Amusement and Gaming Corp. (PAGCor) chair Andrea D. Domingo, Justice Secretary Menardo I. Guevarra, Trade Secretary Ramon M. Lopez, Bureau of Internal Revenue Commissioner Caesar R. Dulay, and BI representatives.
“There is an understanding that we will create an interagency committee headed by DoLE. And we’ll get a full inventory of all foreign workers with the end of view of regulating their work here, including the collection of taxes,” he told reporters. — Camille A. Aguinaldo

Delayed energy efficiency law seen reducing projected savings benefits

THE delay in the passage of the Energy Efficiency and Conservation Act (EE&C) is depriving the economy of the immediate benefits of the P37.8 trillion estimated savings from curbing energy use through 2040, the Philippine Energy Efficiency Alliance (PE2) said.
PE2, a non-stock, non-profit organization of energy efficiency market stakeholders, said in a statement on Thursday that the proposed law could also soften the impact of rising energy prices.
“This means that households, small businesses, buildings, industries, public facilities and other energy end-use sectors stand to collectively save less than P 37.8 trillion in avoided energy purchases between now and 2040 if the passage of the EE&C Act slips beyond this first quarter of 2019,” PE2 President Alexander Ablaza said.
On Jan. 16, 2019, the Bicameral Conference Committee approved the reconciled Senate and House versions of the measure, which institutionalizes a framework to advance energy efficiency and conservation practices in the country.
The reconciled version of Senate Bill No. 1531 and House Bill No. 8629 calls for the creation of a national energy efficiency and conservation plan that sets national targets, strategies, while imposing a regular monitoring and evaluation system.
The reconciled bill is awaiting the signature of the President, who recently signed several laws.
Mr. Ablaza said the country is the last among members of the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) to enforce energy efficiency and conservation through legislation.
“The EE&C bill had a 28-year history of being refiled since the 8th Congress. The country cannot afford to prolong this delay,” he said.
Mr. Ablaza renewed the call of PE2 members for the immediate signing into law of the reconciled bill after the continuous increase in power and fuel prices.
He said delays in the passage of the bill pushes back the positive effects of mandatory implementation, including dampening the rise in energy prices.
“Our energy market badly needs to arrest the business-as-usual escalation of electricity tariff and fossil fuel prices, and a further delay in the implementation of energy-saving projects, programs and investments will only serve to delay their decelerative effects on energy price increases,” he said.
He said scaling up an energy efficiency program eases the rise energy prices as it results in deferring new capital expenditure for upgrades in energy generation, transmission and distribution infrastructure. It also cuts the expected rise in the country’s dependence on imported fuel sources, he added.
Mr. Ablaza earlier said that the bicameral committee agreed to re-anchor the fiscal incentives provision of the bill on Executive Order No. 226 or the Omnibus Investments Code of 1987, as amended.
In an earlier statement, PE2 said the Senate panel viewed the adjustment as a reasonable balance between the incentive rationalization objectives of the Department of Finance and the requirements of private investors.
The House panel agreed with the compromise reduction, but wanted to put on record that every peso of granted incentives to energy efficiency projects will result in a P2.31 reflow to the national treasury in the form of additional tax revenues, in addition to other socio-economic benefits.
“The conferees from both chambers likewise agreed to exempt energy efficiency investments from Article 32(1) of EO 226, thereby enabling foreign-owned projects to avail of fiscal incentives,” PE2 said.
The alliance said the Senate and House panels agreed to insert “clearer language” that mandates local government units (LGUs) to establish energy efficiency and conservation offices and appoint officers, with the option to do so within their existing plantilla and resource framework.
Also, the bicameral body accepted the Senate panel’s recommendation to include a new section that would encourage innovative procurement, contracting and financing procedures for government-implemented energy efficiency projects in public facilities.
The Department of Interior and Local Government and the Department of Science and Technology were added in the composition of the proposed inter-agency energy efficiency and conservation committee. — Victor V. Saulon

Car importers’ sales drop 25% in January

THE Association of Vehicle Importers and Distributors, Inc. (AVID) said January sales fell over 25% year on year, noting that the market’s appetite for new vehicles remains weak.
In a statement sent to reporters Thursday, AVID said sales of imported cars fell 25.33% year on year to 6,493 units.
Car importers, who have no domestic assembly operations, mainly focus on high-end vehicles, with the exception of those produced by Hyundai Motor Co., which tend to compete in high-volume segments.
Sales in the car segment declined 29% in January to 2,254 units. Hyundai-brand sales accounted for 64.02% or 1,443 units.
The association said the consumer outlook remained “conservative” after 2018, when the market was dampened by new taxes, high oil prices and inflation.
Sales in the local commercial vehicle (LCV) segment dropped 23.17% to 4,154 units, led by Ford Motor Co. with 1,749 units, or 42.10% of the total.
In the commercial vehicle segment, AVID sold 85 units in January, down 19.05% from a year earlier. Hyundai also topped the segment with a total of 64 units, with the remainder, 21 units, sold by JAC Automobile Int’l Philippines, Inc.
“AVID expects the industry to pick up as it tries to invigorate the market with new and innovative products in the pipeline for 2019,” AVID President Ma. Fe Perez-Agudo was quoted in the statement.
In 2018, AVID sales dropped 16.55% to 88,700.
This year, the group is projecting 10% sales growth amid easing inflation and a loosening of monetary policy. — Janina C. Lim

Jan. budget utilization accelerates to 60%

THE national government posted a budget utilization rate of 60% in January, well above the year-earlier rate of 33%, the Department of Budget and Management (DBM) said.
A total of P127 billion out of the P211.9 billion authorized for January was spent last month, leaving some P84.9 billion unspent.
The usage rate is based on the Notice of Cash Allocation (NCA) — a disbursement authority issued by the DBM to government agencies, allowing them to withdraw funds from the Bureau of the Treasury to settle their spending requirements in contracted projects.
However, the NCA releases in January were “significantly lower” compared with the P405.4 billion from a year earlier, with the government operating under a reenacted budget.
“We had to calibrate NCA releases considering the 2019 budget had yet to be passed in January 2019,” Budget Secretary Benjamin E. Diokno was quoted as saying in the statement.
The 2019 General Appropriations Act has yet to be signed by President Rodrigo R. Duterte, after both chambers of Congress ratified the budget on Feb. 8. The budget was delayed following the criticism of the shift to a cash-based system and illegal “insertions” that favored certain districts.
Joint legislative-executive councils as well as funds provided to government-owned and -controlled corporations logged a 100% utilization ratio in the first month, while the Office of the President had a utilization rate of 99%.
Government allotments to local government units used only P96.7 million out of the P38.87 billion that month, for a utilization rate of 2.5%.
In January, P172.2 billion of NCA releases went to line departments.
“The higher NCA utilization ratio means agencies are quicker on their feet in implementing programs and projects in the first month of the year,” Mr. Diokno said, adding that the utilization rates are expected to pick up in the coming months considering NCAs lapse at the end of every quarter.
The government started to implement the annual cash-based budgeting scheme this year, from the previous two-year obligation-based system.
With the new appropriation scheme, inspection, verification, actual payment and delivery of goods and services must come within the fiscal year the budget was proposed for, providing an incentive for on-time implementation of state programs and projects.
“As we anticipate the passage into law of the 2019 General Appropriations Act (GAA), the DBM is devising a catch-up plan in the release and utilization of funds,” Mr. Diokno said.
“In coordination with implementing agencies, we will cover all bases from allotment releases, NCA releases, to NCA utilization and disbursement plans.” — Karl Angelo N. Vidal

Audit commission flags absence of NEDA SDG plans

THE Commission on Audit (CoA) has reminded the National Economic and Development Authority (NEDA) to fulfill its commitment to develop an overall framework and financing plan to implement the Sustainable Development Goals (SDG).
In its 2018 performance audit on the government’s preparedness to implement SDG, the Commission said NEDA has not developed an SDG Implementation Roadmap, after it commited to do so in a 2016 Voluntary National Review (VNR).
“No SDG Implementation Roadmap was developed as an overall framework for the government and other stakeholders,” CoA said in the report, issued on Feb. 19.
It said an SDG Roadmap will help integrate priorities with national policies and in accelerating implementation.
In response, NEDA said that a separate roadmap for SDG might duplicate its efforts in the implementation of the Philippine Development Plan (PDP) 2017-2022.
“NEDA emphasized that the PDP and the sectoral plans are considered the de facto implementation roadmap of the SDGs,” the report said.
CoA, however, maintained the need for an overall framework to cover other activities and and milestones for SDGs not covered by the PDP.
This include the development of communication strategies and campaigns to raise awareness of SDGs, financing plan for SDGs, a localization plan for SDGs, and capacity-building programs and projects, among others.
CoA recommended that NEDA and other agencies develop a financing plan to determine priorities and roles for mobilizing resources.
“Moving forward in 2019 and in coordination with DBM (Department of Budget and Management), NEDA aims to tag the budgetary items and identify which of the 17 goals they contribute to,” the report read.
The SDG, which was adopted by United Nations member states in 2015, identified 17 goals intended to ultimately end poverty and other deprivation. Among its goals are to end poverty and hunger, improve health and well-being, and provide quality education.
NEDA also disclosed plans to create a Subcommittee on SDGs under the Development Budget Coordination Committee, which the CoA supported.
The Commission also proposed that NEDA, the Department of Finance and other stakeholders pursue a long-term financing scheme for disaster risk reduction and recovery and climate change adaptation measures. — Charmaine A. Tadalan

AmCham may open Iloilo City office

THE American Chamber of Commerce of the Philippines (AmCham Philippines), Inc. said it is considering opening an office in Iloilo City in light of the rapid development of the Western Visayas Region.
Ebb Hinchliffe, executive director of AmCham Philippines, met with Mayor Jose S. Espinosa III on Monday for an exploratory visit.
According to Mr. Hinchliffe, the chamber has a good representation in Metro Manila, Central Visayas, and Mindanao but not in Western Visayas.
“We’re looking of putting up an office here. As one of the fastest-growing areas in the country, it’s time for us to take a look over here and see what we can do to support companies and businesses,” he said.
The goal is to encourage more companies to invest and eventually create jobs, Mr. Hinchliffe said.
“We promote business. We encourage companies to come in and invest to create jobs. Our focus is to get many Filipinos jobs,” he added.
“There are two ways to get people out of poverty — jobs and education. If we can get more companies to come here and open their offices here and eventually hire people that would be a good cure to terrorism and poverty,” he said.
Comparing his visit to the city decades ago, Mr. Hinchliffe said the city’s transformation has been comprehensive.
“I was here 26 years ago and at that time there were two stoplights and certainly no malls and no highways. I’ve never seen a city change so much, transformed in a short period of time as this city has. And I travel all over, from Laoag in the north all the way down to General Santos City in the south. It’s just amazing how Iloilo has transformed into this very modern city,” he said.
Once a decision is taken, AmCham may open the office before the end of the year, Mr. Hinchliffe added. — Emme Rose Santiagudo

OFW investment fund bill hurdles House on 2nd reading

A BILL establishing an overseas Filipino worker (OFW) sovereign fund made it past second reading at the House of Representatives.
House Bill No. 9025, or the OFW Sovereign Fund Act, approved via voice vote, hopes to provide OFWs and their families an alternative through which they can maximize their earnings.
If enacted, the bill will require the Bureau of the Treasury to create a special fund for investments of OFWs and covered relatives.
As provided, proceeds shall be allocated by the national government “to finance significantly urgent national government and private projects with strong emphasis on productive and job-generating industrial or agricultural projects.”
These include the establishment of private or government-owned and -controlled corporations, engaged in the petroleum industry, power generation, transmission and distribution, and information and communications technology industry, among others.
The bill also specified that the funds collected shall not be “released for current needs of the government like personnel services, maintenance and other operating expenses nor for any capital outlay, inconsistent with the aforementioned projects.”
It said investments in the Sovereign fund are tax-exempt.
Section 7 of the bill states that earnings from “their investments in the bonds or other debt or investment instruments that the government shall issue in the implementation of this Act, shall be exempted from any and all kinds of taxes.”
The Sovereign Fund will be open to all present and former migrant workers, and immediate family such as their parents, spouses and children. — Charmaine A. Tadalan

Peso weakens anew versus dollar

THE PESO dropped against the dollar on Thursday after news of a Chinese port banning Australian coal imports hit the latter’s currency.
The local unit ended yesterday’s session at P52.13 versus the greenback, seven centavos weaker than the P52.06 finish last Wednesday.
The peso opened stronger at P51.98 against the dollar, going up to as high as P51.97 intraday. However, it declined in the afternoon session to log its worst showing for the day at P52.145 versus the US currency.
Dollars traded climbed to $1.234 billion from the $873.34 million that switched hands the previous day.
Two traders said the peso strengthened in the morning session only to take a u-turn in the latter part of the trading day.
“We saw buying interest for the dollar in the afternoon session since the offer prices are up,” a trader said in a phone interview.
Another trader said the dollar bounced back on the news that the Dalian port in China has banned imports of Australian coal and will cap overall coal imports for this year at 12 million tons.
“This led to the dollar moving higher against Asian currencies, and even the Australian dollar moved,” the second trader said. “If you look at the move, the Aussie dollar suddenly dropped. Because of this, it created a bit of safe-haven trading for the dollar.”
For today, the first trader expects the peso to move between P52 and P52-30, while the other gave a wider P51.90-P52.50 range.
Meanwhile, ING Bank N.V. Manila senior economist Nicholas Antonio T. Mapa said the peso enjoyed a “modest appreciation pressure” in the first few weeks of 2019, propelled by portfolio flows.
Mr. Mapa added that the peso continues to “hover steadily” in the middle of the regional rally pack, a stark contrast from last year when the local unit bucked the movement of most regional currencies on concerns about the current account and inflation. — K.A.N. Vidal

Bourse slips even as foreigners remain buyers

By Arra B. Francia, Reporter
SHARES slipped on Thursday as investors stayed largely on the sidelines amid lack of compelling developments even as foreigners remained predominantly buyers for the second straight day.
The benchmark Philippine Stock Exchange index (PSEi) traded sideways for most of the session before closing 0.10% or 7.94 points lower at 7,931.30, while the broader all-shares index eked out a 0.001% or 0.06-point gain to 4,857.
“Index traded weakly the entire day to close 7.94 points down at 7,931.30. PSEi may have taken a slight breather after yesterday’s 100 point run-up,” Papa Securities Corp. Sales Associate Gabriel Jose F. Perez said in an e-mail.
The PSEi had rallied back to the 7,900 level on Wednesday on positive news about Sino-US trade talks.
Regina Capital Development Corp. Head of Sales Luis A. Limlingan noted that investors reacted to the latest release of the Federal Open Market Committee (FOMC) minutes, alongside other international news. “Philippine shares traded flat to slightly negative based on the dovish FOMC minutes, developments on Brexit and WTI crude rallying,” Mr. Limlingan said in a mobile phone message.
In contrast, many indices abroad ended in positive territory following reports that US and Chinese negotiators were outlining a plan to end their countries’ trade war. US and Chinese officials were to meet on Thursday and Friday for another round of talks. US President Donald J. Trump had earlier suggested that he might postpone the tariff hike on $200 billion worth of goods due March 1.
The Dow Jones Industrial Average, the S&P 500 and the Nasdaq Composite gained 0.24%, 0.18% and 0.03%, respectively, while elsewhere in Asia, Japan’s Nikkei 225 and Hong Kong’s Hang Seng increased by 0.1% and 0.41%, respectively, although the Shanghai SE Composite and South Korea’s KOSPI shed 0.34% and 0.05%, respectively.
Sectoral indices back home were equally divided between gainers and losers. Those that ended in positive territory were services which went up 0.55% or 8.7 points to 1,574.38, industrials which rose by 0.49% or 56.67 points to 11,623.92, as well as mining and oil, which added 0.39% or 34.13 points to 8,626.12. Holding firms led the decline as it dropped 0.33% or 26.45 points to 7,972.77; financials shed 0.31% or 5.61 points to 1,772.17, while property fell by 0.2% or 8.29 points to 4,000.82.
Trading thinned to some 804.06 million shares worth P6.99 billion transacted, compared to Wednesday’s 1.47 billion issues worth P7.80 billion.
Stocks that advanced edged out those that declined 106 to 90, while 56 others were unchanged.
Foreigners were predominantly buyers for the second straight session, driving net buying nearly sixfold to P522.09 million from Wednesday’s P88.43 million.

Task force formed to fast-track Manila Bay cleanup

By Arjay L. Balinbin, Reporter
PRESIDENT Rodrigo R. Duterte has created a task force for the speedy rehabilitation and restoration of Manila Bay.
Malacañang on Thursday released to reporters copies of Administrative Order No. 16, which Mr. Duterte signed on Feb. 19, citing the necessity of the participation of national government agencies and local government units (LGUs) “to facilitate the robust and integrated implementation of all rehabilitation and restoration efforts at the Manila Bay.”
The Manila Bay Task Force, according to the document, will be composed of the Secretary of the Department of Environment and Natural Resources (DENR) as chairperson; Secretaries of the Department of the Interior and Local Government (DILG) and Department of Tourism (DoT) as vice-chairpersons; and Secretaries of the Department of Public Works and Highways (DPWH), the Department of Health (DoH), and the Department of Agriculture (DA), among others, as members.
The President’s order states that the task force members “may designate an alternate, who must be next in rank to the principal member and must be fully authorized to decide for and on their behalf, to represent their respective offices in the task force.”
Among the powers and functions of the task force are to enforce relevant laws and regulations “to ensure the complete rehabilitation, restoration, and conservation of the Manila Bay” and require all government facilities, subdivisions, condominiums, commercial centers, hotels, sports and recreational facilities, hospitals, market places, public buildings, and industrial complexes and other similar establishments, including households, “to immediately connect existing sewage lines to available sewerage treatment plants (STPs), or to construct individual STPs.”
The task force can also impose fines, penalties, and other administrative sanctions to compel compliance “whenever applicable.”
Moreover, the task force, in collaboration with the National Anti-Poverty Commission, Presidential Commission for the Urban Poor, National Housing Authority, and affected LGUs, will prepare and commence “within 60 days from the issuance of this order” the implementation of a comprehensive plan for the massive relocation of informal settlers, especially in the areas along the Manila Bay Region.
The said agencies and the task force will identify suitable relocation sites, determine strategies for the economic and social integration of informal settlers in the area, and formulate long-term solutions to address ongoing migration into the Manila Bay Region.
The task force will also prepare a comprehensive plan for expediting the local sanitation program of LGUs within the Manila Bay Region by 2026 and fast-track compliance with the Writ of Continuing Mandamus issued by the Supreme Court.

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